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Increased sales in the Western European Technical Consumer Goods market

In the second quarter of 2015, the Western European Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market generated sales of around €46.2 billion. This corresponded to 2.3 percent growth, compared to Q2 2014. The key driver was the Telecommunications (TC) market which reported double-digit growth. With regard to individual countries, sales development was largely positive, with the exception of the bigger markets – France, Germany, and the UK – which faced minimal falls in sales volumes.

GfK SE (“GfK”) and Acceleratio Capital N.V., a holding company controlled by funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with affiliates, “KKR”) today announced that they have signed an investor agreement under which KKR will launch a voluntary public tender offer for all outstanding publicly-traded shares of GfK for EUR 43.50 per share in an all-cash transaction.

Results just released by GfK show that all of the top ten countries in the leading Anholt-GfK Nation Brands IndexSM (NBISM) have suffered falls in their global reputation this year – with eight of those being classed as significant drops.

Germans' 2017 per-capita purchasing power will increase nominally by 1.7 percent to €22,239. The country's 25 most populous districts alone comprise one-fourth of Germany's total purchasing power. These are some of the findings of the 2017 GfK purchasing power study released today.

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